translocate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of translocate
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Fish and Wildlife Service have decided to translocate one of the largest terrestrial omnivores in North America — grizzly bears — to Washington.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024
Cook, of the state’s beaver restoration program, said their mission is two-fold: helping translocate beavers to regions where there are few to no beavers, and promoting human-beaver coexistence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2023
Last month, researchers at the Rutgers School of Public Health published a study that found nanoscale plastic particles can translocate from pregnant rats to their unborn fetuses.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2023
"This is the first translocation we have undertaken here, but we hope to translocate more white-clawed crayfish from Kedleston each year, as long as it is safe to do so."
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2022
Archaea have a different set of viruses that infect them and translocate genetic material from one individual to another.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
“The older ones will always try to lead others either to look for new sources of food or go back to where they were translocated from,” Evans said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
These small kangaroo relatives are native to Western Australia and have become the country's most frequently translocated mammal due to ongoing conservation programs aimed at protecting the critically endangered species.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2025
And we have all literally "translocated" organisms from one place to another, Verrelli said, because we wanted to — flowers and household pets, for example.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2025
In June of 2024, the Fish and Wildlife department announced that another group of beavers was translocated to the south fork of the Tule River, in Sequoia National Forest east of Porterville, Calif.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
Preliminary results show that antibiotic substances are formed in upper parts of the plants, but that they are not translocated downward across the graft union.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 by Northern Nut Growers Association
"When translocating wildlife, it's essential to consider which pathogens may be translocated with them -- and the potential downstream effects."
From Science Daily ● May 26, 2026
Authorities are now looking at translocating some animals so they don't overpopulate the area.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2024
“So basically I’m translocating and releasing a wolverine that otherwise would have been a hat,” Garcelon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
ReWilding Argentina is providing logistical support to the effort, which some conservationists hope will open the door to translocating guanacos even farther north, to Argentina’s Impenetrable National Park.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 1, 2023
This is because the amount of water traveling in and out of a cell causes it to shrink or swell, inducing movement by translocating different parts of the cell.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2023
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